Mrs Clinton's aides told news agency Agence France Presse that the secretary of state faced an "unhappy choice" on this visit - either offending her hosts by using a name, Burma, they did not recognise or breaking with US policy.
Located between Marbella and Sotogrande in the Costa del Sol, Finca Cortesin is a coastal development set by an 18-hole golf course of the same name, which opened in 2006 and this year plays hosts to the Volvo World Match Play Championship.