LIMA — Violence at a rally in Peru’s capital on Wednesday left dozens injured, said President Jose Jeri, whose accession days ago has failed to stamp out angry protests against the country’s political class.

Youth-led demonstrations brought thousands of Peruvians to the streets in Lima and several other cities, frustrated by the authorities’ failure to resolve a worsening crime crisis.

“Update: 55 police officers injured” and “20 civilians injured,” Jeri said on social media, updating earlier figures from the clashes near Congress in central Lima.

The South American country has been rocked by protests for weeks, and lawmakers voted on Friday to impeach then-president Dina Boluarte, blamed by critics for the crisis.

Jeri, a right-wing politician who had served as leader of Congress, bec

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