Ask Thai citizens if they can imagine that. Or Russians.
In democracies, society has moved a bit into a direction where many harmless things said will trigger an upset in some very uptight people.
It's enforced socially rather than by the government. Back when you could not say things openly against governments, at least you could speak your mind on anything else.
Today, you can say whatever you want against the government, they are so far detached they don't care.
Free speech is a stupid political term, it has never truly existed an never will.
Sorry to say, but you are somewhat out of the loop.
The reality is, both Venezuela and Colombia(I have lived in both) are absolutely desolate, it is impossible to know how bad it is there if you have not actually been there(not as a tourist, though even that would give you an idea).
And it's not the first generation in either country that gets their future thrown away because of political corruption and incompetence.
Outside of the capitals it is absolutely hopeless and the people can't easily emigrate anywhere.
Forget statistics, go into the real world at times.
It's doesn't take machine learning to realize that the working poor and most middle class are living kg paycheck to paycheck and owning a house will remain a pipe dream for many people around the world if nothing changes.
Also, the statement "our outlook has not changed" is very ambiguous.
Horrible numbers, truly. A business modelo that rises and falls in harmony with the Bitcoin/eth pricing, this cannot end well.
Would be interesting to see the marking/affiliate cost breakdown over time.