Complex sentence: In 1950, the family Thoen uprooted and moved to Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia, to start a paint manufacturing business, but due to the political situation at the time, the enterprise failed and the entire fortune was soon lost.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1950, the family Thoen uprooted and moved to Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia, to start a paint manufacturing business. But due to the political situation at the time, the enterprise failed and the entire fortune was soon lost.