On the day of Saint Matthew the Apostle, September 21 From 1773, 250 years ago, he was born on the Hacienda El Totumo, from the town of San José de Tiznados Guárico, the Black Matea Bolívar The “El Totumo” fazenda was only a part of The great estate of Juan Vicente Bolívar and María De la Concepción de Palacios and Blanco, parents Whom she would immortalize her last names. Being a girl Slave was taken to the colonial city of Caracas To be a nanny and full-time caregiver for the child Simón, youngest of the four children in the family Her presence was essential in the infant's development She was close at all times, like an angel of the Guarda helped her take her first steps Hippolyta was the nurse who nursed him, matthew Ten years older than the boy, she was like a sister Who pampered him, shared games, encouraged walks and She told fabled stories to the future Liberator of six nations The children's games of the colonial era were the First ways to interact of the wealthy orphan With the outside world. Matea was undoubtedly There being the first guide and instructor of the thin, nervous Restless and mischievous Simoncito The security that itself He always manifested himself, the volcanic rebellion, the Precocity in his ideas, the temper of his character and The determination in his actions are due in great Part of her to her Without wanting to, Matea was Bolívar's teacher and Together with her preceptors and teachers, she formed That first community of affections that made him a Iron Man. The boy's teachers were The wise Miguel José Sanz, the mathematical priest Francisco de Andújar, the humanist Andrés Bello And the genius of modern education Simón Rodríguez She and they forged her soul In this select circle of careful teachings The childhood and pre-adolescence of the little boy passed Solitary, and to all of them he rendered a cult of friendship and Thank you until the end of your days As an adult, the Liberator expressed himself this way about Hipólita and Matea in a letter: They are my father and my mother The affection she had for both of them was infinite, always I consider them part of your family Matea Bolívar lived more than a hundred years, during the Of which she was an eyewitness to extraordinary episodes From the life of her protégé Recently married, Bolívar accompanied him during the brief Months of stay at the San Mateo hacienda He was by his side in the difficult moments of the Incurable fever of his wife and shared the mourning of the Premature widowhood On March 25, 1814, being in the upper house of the Hacienda San Mateo, he witnessed the sacrifice of Antonio Ricaurte, who blew himself up by setting fire to the Holy Bárbara (gunpowder and weapons depot) By blowing up the royalist troops that They were occupying the place. During that battle he was able Observe José Tomás Boves closely, and helped Evacuate the Bolívar family after the explosion He accompanied María Antonia Bolívar to the long exile that She forced him to leave Venezuela for Havana. The chasing It was a constant whip that the Bolívars were subjected to In the eleven years of war for independence Matea passed away, aged 112 years and six months, on March 29 From 1886, during her long existence, she saw the birth, growth Marry, battle, give offspring and die to the whole family Bolivar. She always had it hanging in her room, next to her bed The darling portrait of her To that degree of our high admiration and appreciation We must treasure the presence of Matea in the life of Bolívar She taught him self-confidence, instilled in him the Best Concepts for Lifetime and provided you with countless Moments of healthy childish joy and spiritual well-being