11.   Despite the partial banking freeze, the financial system has continued to bleed.

12.   Earlier this month, a judge imposed the ban, claiming Cavallo advised banks to ignore court rulings overturning the banking freeze for some savers.

13.   For months, Argentines have vented their anger at the banking freeze.

14.   He gave no details of the measures, which are expected to ease a partial banking freeze.

15.   It has not moved to lift the partial banking freeze that first sparked the protests against de la Rua.

16.   Laura Zommer, writing in the newspaper La Nacion, noted that the high court decision came two months after the start of the banking freeze.

17.   Last week, lawmakers approved a bill that prevents savers who have won lawsuits against the banking freeze from collecting their deposits until the government can appeal.

18.   Many Argentines have had their savings trapped in a banking freeze since December and watched as the peso currency has been deeply devalued.

19.   Many Argentines have had their savings trapped in a banking freeze since December and are the peso currency is still plummeting in value.

20.   Meanwhile, several hundred Argentines kept up protests against a four-month-old banking freeze, banging pots and pans during demonstrations outside Buenos Aires banks.