From Argentina, news on Sanford and 'Maria'

By Globe Staff

Her name is Maria. She has two children, one a teen-ager. She lives in a 14-story apartment building in Buenos Aires.

These are details in a McClatchy report this evening of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's mystery trip to Argentina and his sorrowful confession today of infidelity to his wife and four sons.

Most revealing are the e-mails, requested by The State newspaper and not denied by his staff.

In one, the Republican governor waxes idyllic about his mistress, identified only by her first name by The State:

"You have the ability to give magnificent gentle kisses, or that I love your tan lines or that I love the curve of your hips, the erotic beauty of you holding yourself ... in the faded glow of the night’s light ... despite the best efforts of my head my heart cries out for you, your voice, your body, the touch of your lips, the touch of your finger tips and an even deeper connection to your soul.”

Here's more.

By early evening, the websites of the two major Argentine newspapers, Clarin and La Nacion, were featuring wire stories from the United States about the affair. Clarin also featured the United States upset of top-ranked Spain in pre-World Cup soccer tournament action.