[2] He served as a professor and dean of faculty at the National University in León, and was a supporter of the Liberal regime of José Santos Zelaya.

In October 1925, Solórzano's government was overthrown by former President General Emiliano Chamorro, who failed to gain U.S. recognition and subsequently resigned in favor of Adolfo Díaz.

Supplied by Mexico with arms and munitions, the Liberal rebels, under the command of General José María Moncada, nearly succeeded in capturing Managua.

However, the U.S. forced the two warring parties to enter into negotiations, resulting in the Pact of Espino Negro, which required that both sides would disarm and Díaz would be allowed to finish his term.

[4] Over the next six years, a formerly obscure Liberal general named Augusto Sandino would lead a guerrilla war against the Marines, who had remained in the country to enforce the agreement.

His popularity continued to diminish as Nicaragua's fragile economy suffered the collapse of coffee prices due to the Great Depression and allegations of widespread fraud surfaced in the 1934 congressional elections.