On January 18th, Pedro Solorzano woke up to find he was no longer in Managua.
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By curious chance, Mr Solorzano was the non-Liberal, non-Sandinist, favourite to win the mayor's job this November.
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But the last and biggest nail that Mr Solorzano chose to hammer into his political coffin was to provoke the leader of Ecuador's most powerful party, the Social Christians.