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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.
President Trump has been weighing military options against Venezuela.
He says discussion with Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro may be coming and that the Venezuelans, quote, would like to talk.
's most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean, joining nearly a dozen other U.S.
In Venezuela, Maduro repeatedly called for peace at a rally over the weekend and on state TV programs.
praying with religious leaders.
On social media, leading opponent Maria Corina Machado urged Maduro's security apparatus to lay down its arms and join her independence movement.
Carrie Khan, NPR News, Bogota, Colombia.