CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT - while Internet is ok and server is available

CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT - while Internet is ok and server is available

I get this error from Curl, yet, the site is available, and I see nothing
going out on wireshark. What might cause this error ?
I've try to run it against www.google.com and got the same error. this
very code was working a few hours ago. I have no idea what might cause
this.
here is the code:
CURL *curl;
CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
struct curl_slist *headers=NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: text/xml");
curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
struct rcvdstring s;
init_string(&s);
string FullAddress = URL+Method;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, FullAddress.c_str());
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
res = curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, DATA.c_str());
res = curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
char buf[1024];
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, writefunc);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &s);
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
Respons.assign(s.ptr);
return res;
}