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Argentina Argentina's new economy minister says local financial institutions will be allowed to re-open tomorrow morning, following a week-long "bank holiday." The Argentinian Congress has now passed a law restricting the lawsuits and the banks hope to re-open for normal business tomorrow. But after such a long bank holiday, cash is in very short supply. NPR South America reporter Martin Kaste reports from Buenos Aires.

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Argentina's new economy minister says local financial institutions will be allowed to re-open tomorrow morning, following a week-long "bank holiday." The Argentinian Congress has now passed a law restricting the lawsuits and the banks hope to re-open for normal business tomorrow. But after such a long bank holiday, cash is in very short supply. NPR South America reporter Martin Kaste reports from Buenos Aires.