Government Official Diary of John Smith May, 1808 I am a Spanish government law official, working in Paraguay, a colony under Spanish rule. Back in 1776, Paraguay became a key member of the United provinces of Rio De La Plata. Other members of this viceroyalty include Argentina Bolivia and Uruguay. This only lasted until 1810 when Uruguay and Paraguay broke out of the pack one year after Argentina had (Source 2). Today, we just learned that Napoleon took the Spanish crown, and is now King of our home country Spain, and all of its colonies, including this one, Paraguay. It is important that the people of Paraguay show respect to Napoleon, since he is our king (Source 5.) The first European to come here many years ago, Alejo Garcia of Portugal, came here in search of gold and silver, to incr