Emily VanDerWerff of "The A.V. Club" gave it a very positive review, writing, "This was pretty funny throughout. The idea of tossing Roger into the middle of a Banana republic and making him the dictator was inspired, especially as his personal obsessions somehow made him even more of a power-mad ruler than the old guy. "American Dad"’s political satire is always as broad and non-specific as possible, but this was a pretty amusing take on the U.S.’ relations with Latin American countries as well, and the attempts to tie everything in to some sort of personal story involving the characters – specifically Roger's desire to have Stan be his best friend and go pants shopping with him – worked better than it sometimes does." He also gave the subplot of the episode a positive review, going on to write, "The plot where Steve and Snot competed to see who could get whose mom to fondle whom in the most egregious fashion was a little overly broad, to be honest, but enough of the lines were amusing that the plot worked almost in spite of itself." In conclusion of his review, VanDerWerff would write, ""American Dad" sometimes wins the animation week by default, but this episode was actually and genuinely a fun piece of television." He went on the give the episode an A-, the highest grade of the night, scoring higher than "The Simpsons" episode "Bart Gets a 'Z'", "The Cleveland Show" episode "Da Doggone Daddy-Daughter Dinner Dance", and "Family Guy" episode "Family Goy".