Carrie Kahn

59-year-old José Antonio Kast's ultra-conservative stances, especially on women's issues and his support of the Pinochet dictatorship,

were too hardline in his two previous presidential bids.

This time, he focused more on concerns over crime and rising migration, especially from Venezuela.

In a meandering hour-long acceptance speech, he told a huge crowd in Santiago that change was coming, but said it would take time.

Like other recently elected conservatives in Latin America, Cass pledged a crackdown on crime with more police and prisons.

He says the more than 300,000 migrants estimated to live in Chile without legal status have until his inauguration in March to self-deport, or he'll send police to find them.

Carrie Khan, NPR News.

Bolsonaro was sentenced to decades in prison for attempting to overturn his re-election loss and stay in power.

Trump had said the U.S.

sanctions against Justice Alexandre de Moraes were justified because of what he called a witch hunt against Bolsonaro.

He condemned Brazil's current leftist leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and imposed harsh tariffs on the country's exports.

But in a reversal, the Justice Department has now lifted the sanctions against Moraes and his wife,

Trump has also gradually lifted many of the tariffs.

He and Lula have forged a cordial relationship in recent weeks.

Bolsonaro began his 27-year sentence in a special cell in Brasilia.

Earlier this week, the lower house passed a law that could reduce his time in jail.

Carrie Khan, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.

After returning two Israeli hostage bodies late Wednesday, Hamas says it has no more accessible bodies and will require, quote, significant efforts and specialized equipment to reach more.

It's estimated that 19 dead Israeli hostages are still in Gaza, believed to be under the immense mounds of rubble and debris.

More than 10,000 Palestinians are also missing, believed to be under the rubble, according to Gaza health officials.