"Why do I have a feeling we'll be seeing photos of him and Hugo before long?"
Because Hugo is a sucker for anyone who's anti-American.
Is the soon-to-be-ex-con anti-american, though? Seriously, he had a good relationship with the US for over a decade, didn't make trouble for US interests until the school of the americas issue and the subsequent indictments in FL and then the sanctions the US crippled the economy with etc.,,,
Until this, the US had no problem with dictators in Panama, or any number of places in latin america.