UPDATE 1-INTERVIEW-Ecuador rejects Interpol laptop report

LIMA May 16 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa rejected an Interpol report on Thursday that authenticated documents that Colombia says link Ecuador and Venezuela to leftist guerrillas.

In a wide-ranging interview with Reuters, Correa also said the OPEC oil cartel should consider raising output to ease the impact of energy costs on poor nations. And he spoke about high-level discussions with his European counterparts regarding Ingrid Betancourt, who was kidnapped by leftist rebels.

Correa, an ideological ally of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and a fierce U.S. critic, accuses Colombian President Alvaro Uribe of launching a smear campaign against him since Colombian forces struck a FARC rebel camp inside Ecuador in March.

Uribe, who has close ties to Washington, says a FARC laptop computer found at the scene of the raid contained documents proving links to its neighbors. He asked Interpol to investigate, and the international police agency said earlier on Thursday the documents had not been tampered with, but that it could not verify their contents.

Correa said the computer's records were unreliable.

"I have no interest at all in what Interpol has to say," he told Reuters. "What validity does (the report) have?"

Colombia has said the documents show Chavez had contact with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, who have been fighting the Colombian government for decades.

Correa was in Lima, Peru's capital, to attend a summit of European and Latin American leaders amid heightened tensions between the three Andean countries, who looked close to armed conflict in the days after the March attack.

OIL PRICES, HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS

Soon after the Interpol report was published, Chavez said he was re-evaluating Venezuela's diplomatic ties with Colombia.

Ecuador broke relations with Bogota over the crisis and Correa played down the chances that he and Uribe would announce they were re-establishing ties at the summit.

"So long as (Colombia) behaves like this, it's impossible to have a good relationship," he said.

Referring to record high global oil prices, Correa said OPEC should consider raising output to ease the impact of soaring energy costs on poor nations.

"I think OPEC has to deal with this issue, because this is hitting all the poorest countries that are oil importers," he said. "And indirectly in OPEC members, like our country, it's one of the factors generating inflation around the world, which also hurts the poorest people," he said.

OPEC-member Ecuador, South America's fifth-largest oil producer, has an output of about 500,000 barrels per day.

"The dialogue must continue to reach solutions. It's on the agenda and it's being discussed," Correa added.

During a trip this week to France and Spain, Correa said he discussed efforts with European leaders to free Betancourt, a French-Colombian citizen and former presidential candidate, who was kidnapped by the FARC in 2002.

He said Ecuador wanted to try to find ways to secure the release of scores of hostages held by the rebels, though he stressed his government would only be able to establish a contact with them through intermediaries.

"We hope to be able to make contact again for the release of the hostages, if necessary in Ecuadorean territory," he said. "We will do whatever we can for this humanitarian action, without asking anyone's permission."

(Reporting by Terry Wade and Teresa Cespedes)