Complex sentence: In Santafé de Bogotá, capital of the Viceroyalty, word arrived about the events of Cartagena, and the arrival of the Regency Commissioner Villavicencio, and the people of Santafé were waiting anxiously for his arrival, as they hoped, it would bring hope for independence.
Split into simpler sentences: In Santafé de Bogotá, capital of the Viceroyalty, word arrived of the events in Cartagena, and the arrival of the Regency Commissioner Villavicencio there. The people of Santafé were waiting anxiously for his arrival, as they hoped, it would bring hope for independence.