Experts in Venezuela have grabbed a plant claimed by the American oat maker Kellogg.
It comes after the firm reported it was hauling out of the nation due to the declining financial circumstance.
President Nicolas Maduro, who has already blamed the US for pursuing monetary war against his legislature, called the conclusion "completely unlawful and illicit".
He said the industrial facility had been given to specialists and would proceed with creation.
Prior, laborers had said they had been kept from entering the plant in the focal city of Maracay on Tuesday.
The declaration comes in front of Sunday's presidential decisions.
"We've started legal procedures against the business pioneers of Kellogg's on account of their exit is illegal," Mr Maduro told cheering supporters in the focal province of Carabobo.
"I've taken the choice to convey the organization to the specialists all together that they can keep delivering for the general population."
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Venezuela's battered economy has been hit by falling oil income and the diving estimation of its cash, the bolivar. It likewise has one of the most elevated rates of swelling on the planet.
Kellogg is the most recent multinational to close or scale back activities in Venezuela, refering to strict money controls, an absence of crude materials and taking off expansion.
Media captionThe scan for nourishment in Venezuela
It said it would have liked to come back to Venezuela later on and cautioned against offers of its brands "without the communicated authorisation of the Kellogg Organization".
In 2016, Venezuela's administration assumed control over a plant having a place with US-based cleanliness items producer Kimberly-Clark after it reported it was ceasing activities since it couldn't get crude materials.
The Texas-based firm as of late asked for the beginning of mediation procedures against Venezuela at the World Bank.
President Maduro, who has been in office since 2013, points the finger at Venezuela's issues on a "financial war" being pursued by remote governments and organizations. His pundits say government bungle is the main source.
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