The tricolor hat (Spanish: Gorra tricolor) is a cap popularized in Venezuela by opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles Radonsky.[1][2] Its design replicates the yellow, blue and red colors and stars shown on the Venezuelan flag.[1]

Henrique Capriles, opposition presidential candidate in 2012 and 2013.
Several demonstrators wearing tricolor hats at an opposition rally in Maracaibo, 2014

History

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Although Hugo Chávez often wore the colors of the flag and ignored rules governing campaigning, chavistas attempted to sanction Capriles for violating election rules;[3] popular backlash propelled the cap to a symbol of the opposition.[1][2] Nicolás Maduro later in 2013 co-opted the cap as a symbol of the Bolivarian Revolution[1][4] with Maduro claiming the cap's design was the idea of Diosdado Cabello.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Neuman, William (9 February 2013). "Venezuela, Despite Troubles, Proudly Seizes on a Hat". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b "La gorra de la polémica" [The polemic cap] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  3. ^ Andrade, Gabriel (December 2020). "Banal Nationalism Disputes in Venezuela: 1999–2019". Sciendo. 14 (2): 177–195. doi:10.2478/jnmlp-2020-0007. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Gorra tricolor venezolana ¡exprópiese!" [Venezuelan tricolor cap expropriated]. Semana (in Spanish). 3 February 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2023.