Complex sentence: While claiming royal status as Cazique, MacGregor attempted to dissociate himself from the Latin American republican movement and his former comrades there, and from late 1822 he made discreet overtures towards the Spanish government regarding co-operation in Central America.
Split into simpler sentences: While claiming royal status as Cazique, MacGregor attempted to dissociate himself from the Latin American republican movement and his former comrades there. From late 1822 he made discreet overtures towards the Spanish government regarding co-operation in Central America.