As the disease progresses, symptoms of light-headedness or exercise-related dizziness may occur. Abdominal (stomach) and lower extremity swelling may develop as your lung pressures increase, and the right ventricle, which pumps blood into the lungs, begins to weaken.
In the words of the official statement: âDecades of U.S. isolation of Cuba have failed to accomplish our objective of empowering Cuba to build an open and democratic country.â. Against all youâve heard, here is the central fact: it was never the embargoâs purpose to cause a change in Cuba. Quite the contrary, the embargoâs purpose was â and still is â to protect Americans. In that endeavor, the embargo, far from being a failure, has been a striking success.
By Robert McNamara. Definition: The Embargo Act of 1807 was an attempt by President Thomas Jefferson and the U.S. Congress to punish Britain and France for interfering with American trade while the two major European powers were at war with each other.