The tricolor hat (Spanish; Castilian: Gorra tricolor) is a cap popularized in Venezuela by opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles Radonsky. Its design replicates the yellow, blue and red colors and stars shown on the Venezuelan flag.[1]
Although Hugo Chávez often wore the colors of the flag and ignored rules governing campaigning, chavistas attempted to sanction Capriles for violating election rules;[2] popular backlash propelled the cap to a symbol of the opposition.[3] Nicolás Maduro later in 2013 co-opted the cap as a symbol of the Bolivarian Revolution[4] with Maduro claiming the cap's design was the idea of Diosdado Cabello.