Venezuela’s central bank president acknowledged on Sunday that his country was undergoing an “economic crisis” but said measures like a new market-based currency mechanism would help bring rapid improvements. The announcement came amid continuing street protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro. Unrest has been fueled by a 56 percent annual inflation rate and regular shortages of consumer goods. Late Saturday, Maduro warned protesters in Caracas to clear a square they have made their stronghold , or face eviction by security forces. Plaza Altamira, in upscale east Caracas, has been a focus of anti-government protests and violence during six weeks of unrest around Venezuela that has killed 28 people. “I’m giving the Chuckys, the killers, just a few hours,” Maduro said, using the name of a murderous child-doll in a horror film to describe anti-government demonstrators who have made the normally genteel 1940s square a base of operations. “If they don’t […]