Complex sentence: In response to this the Mayor of Providencia, Cristián Labbé, said his communewould fund the flame, but this proposal was superceeded days later when Minister Michelle Bachelet announced the Ministry of National Defense would fund the flame.
Split into simpler sentences: In response to this the Mayor of Providencia, Cristián Labbé, said his commune could fund it. Days later Minister Michelle Bachelet announced the Ministry of National Defense would fund the flame.