espanolEn este articulo de reflexion se ofreceran argumentos teoricos y alguna evidencia empirica para sustentar la siguiente hipotesis: con el auspicio del Programa de Desarrollo y Paz del Magdalena Medio se lograron notables avances en reconciliaciony reduccion de la violencia directa; no obstante, este programa ha estado subordinado a quienes promueven una paz neoliberal, y por tanto ha facilitado un avance de las economias extractivascomo la de palma africana que absorbio a las economias campesinas. EnglishThis reflection paper will provide theoreticalarguments and some empirical evidence to support the following hypothesis: with the auspices of the Magdalena Medio Development and Peace Program, remarkable progress was made in reconciliation and reduction of direct violence. However, this program has been subordinated to those, who promoteneoliberal peace, and has therefore facilitated a breakthrough of extractive economies, such as the one of African palm, which absorbed peasant economies.