Complex sentence: Like many other Brazilian intellectuals of his time, Francis was exposed to Americanization during his teens, and in his early career tried to blend Brazilian Nationalist Leftism in Culture and Politics with the ideal of modernity embodied by the USA.
Split into simpler sentences: Like many other Brazilian intellectuals of his time, Francis was exposed to Americanization during his teens. In his early career, Francis tried to blend Brazilian Nationalist Leftism in Culture and Politics with the ideal of modernity embodied by the USA.