By: A newspaper in Argentina is reporting the name of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's mistress.
La Nacion in Buenos Aires, Argentina, names the woman as 43-year-old Maria Belen Chapur.
Chapur is reportedly a divorced mother of two, and works for an agricultural company. The paper said she speaks several languages and keeps in shape by playing sports.
In his Wednesday news conference admitting the affair, Sanford said that the woman with whom he had the relationship had two children.
Sanford called the woman a "dear, dear friend" in his statements. He said he met the woman eight years ago, and that their relationship turned romantic about a year ago.
During his recent five-day absence, Sanford went to Argentina and visited the woman.
The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C., has published e-mails which it reports are between the governor and the woman. The paper said it had possession of the e-mails for six months, but withheld publishing the documents until Sanford's trip to Argentina became public.
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