Associated Press: Brazil’s president insisted Thursday that crops used for ethanol are not responsible for driving up food prices, and said Haiti – where food riots have erupted recently – could benefit from a biofuel industry. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was speaking after meeting Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende at the start of a two-day state visit during which he hopes to boost Dutch investment in Brazil’s biofuel industry. Ministers from both countries were signing an agreement to …