Tricolor hat

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]