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.
At Jeffersonâs request the two houses of Congress considered and passed the Embargo Act quickly in December 1807. All U.S. ports were closed to export shipping in either U.S. or foreign vessels, and restrictions were placed on imports from Great Britain.