Maria I of Portugal forced Portugal to cede Olivença and other border towns to Spain. (This cession is not recognized by the present Portuguese government, and the country officially considers those territories still to be Portuguese possessions.) On September 29, 1801 John VI signed the Treaty of Madrid (1801), ceding half of Guyana to France, which became French Guiana. The refusal of the Portuguese government to join the French-sponsored Continental Blockade against Britain culminated in the late 1807 Franco-Spanish invasion of Portugal led by General Junot. The ultimate Napoleonic plan for Portugal was to split it into three sections. The northern parts of Portugal,
Cherry Shares a "private investment pool", though it has also been described as being public. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission issued an investor alert warning people about Cherry Shares. Cherry Shares Cherry Shares was a high-yield investment program which claimed to generate a profit for its investors by engaging in arbitrage trading. The site offered several investment programs with varying timelines and rates of return. It was run by Brooksell Universal Limited, which was created on August 25, 2008. Cherry Shares offered four different types of investment programs: a short-term, daily, medium-term, and long-term plan, all with high interest rates.