The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 5, 2018 New Caledonia Rejects Independence from France ---------------------------------------------- Voters in the South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia have rejected an independence bid and will remain a French territory. About 175,000 people were eligible to cast ballots in Sunday's referendum, which would have made New Caledonia the world's newest nation. .